Side-bar vehicle



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. LSNEL SIDE BAR VEHICLE. v a No. 267,944. Patented Nov. 21, 1882 mi es 5w [NY/e722 02' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES. A. SNELL, on DAYTON, QHIO. 7

SIDE-BAR VEHICLE;

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 267,944, dated November 21, 1882,

Application filed April 6,1882. (No model.) i

Be it known that I, JAMES A. SNELL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at the city of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Side- Bar Buggies and Four-Wheeled Vehicles; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full,

, clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in side bar buggies or four-wheeled vehicles, having special advantages in the use and manufacture of phmton sidebar buggies or carriages.

The object of my invention is to secure the full, complete, and free action of the wellknown C spring without the use of other springs in front or underneath buggies, that have heretofore been necessary in such constructions, at the same time securing an easy rocking and springing motion of the buggy body or bed, accommodating the same to whatever weight may be placed thereon.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure I represents a perspective view of the parts of my invention. Fig. II represents the bars A A, as seen in Fig. I, detached and separate. Fig. III represents a side View of parts claimed in my invention.

A A represent bars of iron, of equal lengths, provided at the ends with tenons and shoulders to fit into and work into the shackles in bar e and lip 0, bolted into each by bolts ff and f f, so as to work smoothly and easily up and down, accommodating themselves to the position of body B and tensile strength of springs (3 O.

B represents a buggy-bod y, of any desired shape or form, swung between the points f f and '5 i.

C (3 represent stationary springs, C shape. The spring G is attached at its lower end to the side bar, E, behind over axle V, by means of clip-bolts l 6 and nuts underneath plate m;

at its top end to body B, at point i, by means of a clip shackle or hinge around beam h, which in turn is held by clip-boltsjj and nuts underneath plate 8, holding cross bar It and bar It at right angle, bar It being bolted to and running underneath body B on the back outer edge thereof. Plate s is provided with a slotted lip, t, underneath, making shoulder or shackle joint and pin, in which the spring 0 works easily and smoothly.

0 represents a bar of iron, bolted on the outer front edge of body B, underneath and extending forward from the front line of the body B any required distance, the forward end of which is provided with a slot or shackle to receive the bar A, and the whole perforated sidewise with a hole to receive bolt f f, as shown in Fig. 1L

0 represents a plate of iron, provided on the under side with a slotted lip or shackle, 1', to receive bar A and bolt f, the whole-attached to cross-beam g by means of clip-bolts n and nuts underneath plate 0.

Thus it will be seen that the construction of my buggy secures the fullest, most complete, and unfettered action of the springs O 0; that when unloaded the tensile strength of the springs holds bar A taut and horizontal with the line of the buggy, and when loaded point f swings down and forward, taking any position at any angle from point f, according to the load in body B and tensile strength of springs O O.

The above description pertains to one side of the buggy as to parts claimed only, the other side being exactly the same in construction.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a buggy-body swung to stationary C-sprin gs, attached to cross'bars behind, with loose swinging bars of equal length, provided with shackle-joints and pins at each end, attached to side bars by means of an elevated cross-beam in front, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a buggy-bod y swung to stationary C'springs, attached to cross-bars behind, with loose swinging bars of equal length, provided with shackle-joints and pins at each end, attached to side bars by means of 5 an elevated cross-beam the same height as the length of loose swinging bars in front, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature, this 1st day of April, A. D. 1882, in the presence of two witnesses.

J AMES A. SNELL.

Witnesses PAT KELLY, OHAs. W. FINOH. 

